Invaluable Painting that Was Being Sent to US Is Confiscated in Peru

Invaluable Painting that Was Being Sent to US Is Confiscated in Peru

Invaluable Painting that Was Being Sent to US Is Confiscated in Peru

Lima, Oct 12 (Prensa Latina) The Peruvian Ministry of Culture announced today the recovery of a valuable 18th-century religious painting that was about to be sent as cargo and by air to the United States.

The director of recoveries of the Ministry of Culture, Katie Navarro, said that the Special Customs Operations Brigade of Lima airport Jorge Chavez alerted last Monday the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage Defense.

The report stated the discovery of the artwork in the air cargo warehouse of the terminal, ready for shipment to the United States, said the official, without specifying who sent it and the recipient.

After analysis of the painting, she said, the experts determined that it is a work of the eighteenth century, of mestizo artists and a part of the cultural heritage of the nation, so it was seized and was in the custody of the aforementioned ministry.

Navarro said that the ministry has similar verification modules, with permanent technical staff, to detect attempts of illegal trafficking of cultural assets that are part of the national heritage.

These modules have seized 143 goods of that level, after preventing their illegal exit from the country and also facilitating the exit of replicas, handicrafts, and others.

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Invaluable Painting that Was Being Sent to US Is Confiscated in Peru

Lima, Oct 12 (Prensa Latina) The Peruvian Ministry of Culture announced today the recovery of a valuable 18th-century religious painting that was about to be sent as cargo and by air to the United States.

The director of recoveries of the Ministry of Culture, Katie Navarro, said that the Special Customs Operations Brigade of Lima airport Jorge Chavez alerted last Monday the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage Defense.

The report stated the discovery of the artwork in the air cargo warehouse of the terminal, ready for shipment to the United States, said the official, without specifying who sent it and the recipient.

After analysis of the painting, she said, the experts determined that it is a work of the eighteenth century, of mestizo artists and a part of the cultural heritage of the nation, so it was seized and was in the custody of the aforementioned ministry.

Navarro said that the ministry has similar verification modules, with permanent technical staff, to detect attempts of illegal trafficking of cultural assets that are part of the national heritage.

These modules have seized 143 goods of that level, after preventing their illegal exit from the country and also facilitating the exit of replicas, handicrafts, and others.